The woman was arraigned Tuesday in Cass County District Court.MLive.com File photo

Maria
Milam, 28, was arraigned Tuesday in Cass County District Court on charges of
first-degree home invasion, domestic assault and driving with a suspended
license, according to a news release from Dowagiac Public Safety.

Police
responded to a call at 10 p.m. Monday in the 500 block of Hill Street regarding
a woman who had forced her way into a home. The 29-year-old caller said the
woman assaulted him and left in a vehicle with the small child, police said.

Milam
and the adult victim are the biological parents of the child but do not live
together, police said.

Police later stopped the woman and arrested her. The child, who was not harmed, was returned to the Hill Street home, police said.

The
case remains under investigation.

Erin
Gignac covers general assignment stories for MLive/Kalamazoo Gazette. Email her
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